Flagstaff County facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Flagstaff County
Municipal district
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
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Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Planning region	North Saskatchewan
Established	1944
Incorporated	1968
Area  (2021)
• Land	3,959.78 km2 (1,528.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	3,694
• Density	0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)

Flagstaff County is a municipal district in east central Alberta, Canada.

It is located in Census Division 7. The county was incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as Municipal District of Killam No. 390, name changed a year later to Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62. It was established as a county in 1968. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Sedgewick.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flagstaff County recorded a population of 3,738 living in 1,380 of its 1,532 total private dwellings, a 4.1% change from its 2011 population of 3,591. With a land area of 4,067.58 km² (1,570.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.3/sq mi) in 2016.

Communities and localities

Infrastructure

Transportation

The area is served by Killam-Sedgewick/Flagstaff Regional Airport.